Obama Nobel: Affirmative Action?

After finding out that Barack Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize, the American Prospect's Adam Serwer asked, "I wonder who's going to be the first righty to complain about affirmative action?" RedState's Erick Erickson won the prize:

I did not realize the Nobel Peace Prize had an affirmative action quota for, but that is the only thing I can think of for this news.